Wolf garden

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Wolf-Garten is a brand of the US-American MTD Group for garden machines and tools, fertilizers , lawn seeds and other garden accessories. The former Wolf-Garten GmbH & Co KG, based in Betzdorf, was an independent manufacturer of garden machines and accessories until 2009, which filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of 2009 and was then taken over by MTD.

Wolf-Garten logo

history

The company was founded in 1922 by August Wolf and his sons Gregor and Otto as an iron goods factory in Betzdorf (Rhineland-Palatinate), where the headquarters were until 2010. Wolf-Garten recently had nine sales companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Production took place at three locations in Germany (Betzdorf, St. Wendel / Saarland, Etzbach ).

Wolf-Garten petrol lawn mower

In 2001 the group still employed around 770 people and achieved annual sales of around 100 million euros. In the course of a management buyout to the financial investor Andreas Heeschen , combined with a capital increase and restructuring , the Wolf family completely parted with their shares in 2004. After the company had achieved the best annual result in its history to date in 2007, Wolf-Garten became insolvent in December 2008 and filed for bankruptcy in January 2009 .

In April 2009 it was announced that the US company MTD Products was taking over Wolf-Garten. The parent company MTD Inc. is one of the largest manufacturers of motor garden equipment worldwide. Since the completion of the takeover, Wolf-Garten only exists as a brand of MTD based in Saarbrücken. The specialist trade brand Wolf Garten Expert was discontinued in 2019

Locations

The company's headquarters are in Saarbrücken-Bübingen. Sales, administration, purchasing, marketing, product and quality management are located here. The production facility for lawn seeds and fertilizer is located in Etzbach. Production for all gardening hand tools is located in Sankt Wendel. The spare parts store and production plant for lawnmowers and ride-on lawnmowers is in Hornbach (Rhineland-Palatinate); the plant for lawn and garden tractors and motorized equipment for gardening and property maintenance is located in Nemesvámos (Hungary).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MTD takes over Wolf-Garten , Rhein-Zeitung, April 1, 2009
  2. ^ Wolf-Garten and MTD takeover ( Memento from October 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Siegener Zeitung

Web links

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